“Chaka Fattah loses bid to have U.S. Supreme Court consider his appeal”: Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“How Trump’s new rule-slashing judge could sway green issues”: Ellen M. Gilmer and Niina Heikkinen of Greenwire have this report.

“The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States”: Adam Cohen will have this review of Joan Biskupic’s new book — “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts” — on the cover of this upcoming Sunday’s issue of The New York Times Sunday Book Review.

“A Racial Pattern So Obvious, Even the Supreme Court Might See It; Flowers v. Mississippi reveals a rickety American legal system”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Bubba the Love Sponge, Free-Speech Icon? Tucker Carlson’s radio-host pal, who castrated a hog on air and was at the center of the Hulk Hogan sex-tape scandal, is the latest unlikely First Amendment hero.” Zach Helfand has this Talk of the Town item in the March 25, 2019 issue of The New Yorker.

“2020 Dems warm to expanding Supreme Court; A series of White House hopefuls are expressing new interest in remaking the courts — payback for Republican aggression during the Obama presidency”: Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report.

“How Two Arcane Clauses In The Constitution Could Expose Trump’s Businesses”: Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux of FiveThirtyEight has this post about a matter scheduled for oral argument tomorrow in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“Supreme Court to consider whether Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo deserves new sentencing”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Partisan Gerrymandering Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four new cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in two cases.

And in Tharpe v. Ford, No. 18-6819, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.

“A Tattooed Libertarian on the Arizona Supreme Court: Clint Bolick’s Long Fight for Freedom.” ReasonTV has posted this video on YouTube.

“The death penalty makes a mockery of our justice system. Abolish it.” Columnist David Von Drehle has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Cease the tit-for-tat: Expanding the Supreme Court would be disastrous; The Supreme Court’s purpose is to adjudicate disputes and interpret law, not codify one faction’s political goals.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has published this editorial.

“Supreme Court ruling in Sandy Hook case could reveal gun manufacturer’s confidential marketing strategy for semiautomaic firearms”: Dave Altimari has this front page article in today’s edition of The Hartford Courant.

“U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments in appeal of Virginia racial gerrymandering case”: Gregory S. Schneider of The Washington Post has this report.

And in related commentary, online at that newspaper, Bill McCollum has an essay titled “The Supreme Court should not help undermine the will of Virginia voters.”

“Scalia v. Epstein — 35 Years Later: Revisiting their debate on judicial protection of economic liberty.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Federal court panel dismisses appeals over Justice Kavanaugh misconduct complaints”: Bill Mears of Fox News has this report on an order that the Judicial Council of the Tenth Circuit issued on Friday.

One judge dissented from the order, and a second judge announced his recusal.

“Zillow Gets $8 Million Photo Copyright Verdict Reversed”: Blake Brittain of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett would hold that felon dispossession laws, which strip convicted felons of the right to bear arms, are unconstitutional under the Second Amendment as applied to man convicted of mail fraud: On Friday, Judge Barrett issued a 37-page dissenting opinion expressing her views on the subject.

Circuit Judge Joel M. Flaum wrote the majority opinion, in which Senior Circuit Judge Kenneth F. Ripple joined, rejecting the constitutional challenge. Both of these judges were appointed to the Seventh Circuit by President Reagan. According to the majority opinion, “the government has established that the felon dispossession statutes are substantially related to the important governmental objective of keeping firearms away those convicted of serious crimes.”

“Judges skeptical of legal push to force Trump to reveal personal debts”: Josh Gerstein of Politico had this article back in December 2018.

On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued this ruling affirming the district court’s dismissal of the suit.

“Judge Blocks Kentucky Fetal Heartbeat Law That Bans Abortion After 6 Weeks”: Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times has this report.

Deborah Yetter of The Louisville Courier Journal reports that “Kentucky’s only abortion clinic resumes seeing patients as ‘fetal heartbeat’ law blocked.”

And Bruce Schreiner of The Associated Press reports that “ACLU seeks to block fetal heartbeat measure in Kentucky.”

“Anthony works in the grocery store. Saving his pennies for some day.” Bryce Airgood of Cadillac News reports that “Cadillac attorney to join U.S. Supreme Court bar.”

“U.S. high court broadens scope of census citizenship question case”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Expands Fight Over Census Citizenship Question.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“As Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns 86, hometown Brooklyn plans celebration for Supreme Court justice”: Amy Lieu of Fox News has this report.

“Bald eagle nicknamed ‘RBG’ survives multiple injuries, but finally set free”: Wes Johnson of The Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader has this report.

“Neubauer questions whether Hagedorn can be fair, as he calls her attacks ‘shameful’ at state Supreme Court debate”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Riley Vetterkind has a front page article headlined “Supreme Court debate: Brian Hagedorn, Lisa Neubauer knock each other over personal views, political backgrounds.”

“Appeals court weighing whether city’s salary-history ban violates employers’ free speech”: Anna Orso has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The appeal was argued yesterday before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit consisting of Circuit Judge Theodore A. McKee and Senior Circuit Judges Jane R. Roth and Julio M. Fuentes. Miguel A. Estrada argued the appeal for the ban’s challenger, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. You can access the oral argument audio via this link.

“Race and the death penalty: Supreme Court to hear case of Curtis Flowers, tried six times for quadruple murder.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Will the U.S. Finally End the Death Penalty? In the past, abolition efforts faced a backlash — but Gavin Newsom’s moratorium may be different.” Law professors Carol S. Steiker and Jordan M. Steiker have this essay online at The Atlantic.

Seventh Circuit rejects argument that tax code exemption for religious housing violates Establishment Clause: Circuit Judge Michael B. Brennan issued today’s ruling on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

In October 2018, Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service reported on the appeal in an article headlined “Legal battle continues over religious leader housing tax break.”

And in response to today’s ruling, Becket issued a news release titled “Court protects ministers from $1B tax lawsuit; Ruling rejects atheist group’s lawsuit, protects longstanding tax exemption for ministers.”

“SCOTUS Still Won’t Allow TV Cameras — But What About Same-Day Audio; The Court has released same-day audio of oral arguments before; Why can’t it be a regular practice?” Jonathan H. Adler has this blog post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Case study on the Ginsburg conspiracy theories in action”: Jon Levitan and Andrew Hamm have this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Sandy Hook lawsuit court victory opens crack in gun maker immunity shield”: Law professor Timothy D. Lytton has this essay online at The Conversation.

“Beto O’Rourke pitches drastic overhaul of Supreme Court”: Liam Quinn of Fox News has this report.

“From Triumph To Tragedy, ‘First’ Tells Story Of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor”: Nina Totenberg has this book review online at NPR.